US20110018450A1 - Light Source Driving Device Capable of Dynamically Keeping Constant Current Sink and Related Method - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a light source driving device and a related method, and more particularly, to a light source driving device capable of keeping constant current sink through dynamically detecting a dimming process and related method.
- LEDs Light emitting diodes
- LEDs offer advantages of energy savings, long device lifetime, no mercury used, high achievable color gamut, without idle time, and fast response speed, so that LED technology is widely applied in fields of display and illumination.
- light emitting diodes are suitable for fabrication as a tiny device or an array device, such as in traffic lights, outdoor displays, backlight modules of liquid crystal displays, PDAs, notebooks, or mobile phones with features of small size, shock resistance, ease of mass production, and high applicability.
- an LED driving device usually uses a pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming mechanism to adjust the brightness of the LED.
- PWM dimming mechanism takes advantage of a PWM signal to control an average current provided by a current source to the LED.
- the PWM signal is at high logical level, the current source is conducted to provide a current for the LED.
- the PWM signal is at low logic level, the current source stops providing the current for the LED. Therefore, if the PWM signal stays at the high logic level longer, the LED shines brighter.
- the brightness of the LED can be controlled by changing duty cycle of the PWM signal.
- the output driving voltage for driving the LED may exhibit a high ripple effect.
- a headroom voltage of the current source i.e. available voltage value for the current source on each LED path
- the headroom voltage may be too high or too low, and will result in some unwanted effects. For example, if the headroom voltage is too high, the power consumption of the current source will increase, and the power conversion efficiency will be reduced. If the headroom voltage is not high enough, the current source will operate in an improper state, and cannot keep constant current sink, even to the point of not being able to provide the required driving current to the LED, and the LED will not conduct.
- the present invention discloses a light source driving device capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink for driving a light emitting component.
- the light source driving device includes a voltage converter, a dimming unit, a current source, a control unit.
- the voltage converter is coupled to the light emitting component for converting an input voltage into an output driving voltage according to a voltage control signal.
- the dimming unit is coupled to the light emitting component for performing a dimming process according to a dimming signal.
- the current source is coupled to the dimming unit for providing a driving current to drive the light emitting component.
- the control unit is coupled to the dimming unit and the voltage converter for detecting a dimming state to generate a dimming detection signal and generating a reference voltage according to the dimming detection signal.
- the control unit controls the voltage converter to convert the output driving voltage so as to drive the light emitting component.
- the present invention further discloses a method capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink for a light emitting component.
- the method includes the steps of detecting a dimming state to generate a dimming detection signal, generating a reference voltage according to the dimming detection signal, and controlling a voltage converter to generate an output driving voltage to drive the light emitting component according to the reference voltage.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a light source driving device capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a reference voltage generator according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a reference voltage generator according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a procedure according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a light source driving device 10 capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the light source driving device 10 is utilized for driving a light emitting component 102 , which includes a voltage converter 104 , a current source 106 , a dimming unit 108 , and a control unit 110 .
- the light source driving device 10 can be applied to any kind of light source.
- the light emitting component 102 includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chains C 1 to Cm, and this should not be a limitation of the present invention. In other words, the light emitting component 102 can also have one LED chain only.
- LED light-emitting diode
- each LED chain includes at least one LED in series, such as having n LEDs on each LED chain, and the number of the LEDs included in each LED chain must be the same in order to allow the current through each LED to be identical and result in the same brightness.
- the voltage converter 104 is coupled to the light emitting component 102 for converting an input voltage V IN into an output driving voltage V D according to a voltage control signal S C so as to provide the output driving voltage V D to the light emitting component 102 .
- the dimming unit 108 is coupled to the light emitting component 102 and the current source 106 for performing a dimming process according to a dimming signal S D .
- the current source 106 is coupled to the dimming unit 108 for providing driving currents I D1 to I Dm for LED chains C 1 to Cm to drive the light emitting component 102 .
- the control unit 110 is coupled to the dimming unit 108 and the voltage converter 104 for detecting a dimming state D to generate a dimming detection signal S DS , and for generating a reference voltage V REF according to the dimming detection signal S DS .
- control unit 102 controls the voltage converter 104 to generate the output driving voltage V D to drive the light emitting component according to reference voltage V REF .
- the control unit 110 generates the reference voltage V REF at a level higher than a predetermined reference voltage V REF — P .
- the predetermined reference voltage V REF — P is a predetermined ideal headroom voltage which is set for normal operation.
- the control unit 110 generates the reference voltage V REF which is equal to predetermined reference voltage V REF — P .
- the dimming unit 108 may be a pulse width modulation dimming unit, and the dimming signal S D is a pulse width modulation signal. Therefore, according to the logic level of the dimming signal S D , the dimming unit 108 can control connection between the light emitting component 102 and the current source 106 to conduct so as to provide the driving currents I D1 to I Dm for the light emitting component 102 when the dimming signal S D is at a high logic level. In such a condition, the dimming unit 108 can vary the average current of the driving current I D1 to I Dm through adjusting duty cycle of the dimming signal S D .
- the dimming unit 108 can realize the dimming purpose by arranging duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal. Otherwise, the dimming unit 108 can control connection between the light emitting component 102 and the current source 106 to be cut off to stop providing the driving current I D1 to I Dm for the light emitting component 102 when the dimming signal S D is at a low logic level.
- the control unit 110 includes a voltage selector 112 , a dimming detector 114 , a reference voltage generator 116 , an error amplifier 118 , and a conversion controller 120 .
- the voltage selector 112 is coupled to the light emitting component 102 for selecting a feedback voltage V FB from headroom voltages V HR1 to V HRm corresponding to the plurality of LED chains C 1 to Cm.
- the dimming detector 114 is coupled to the dimming unit 108 for detecting the dimming state D to generate a dimming detection signal S DS , and the dimming state D indicates whether to perform the dimming process or indication of the dimming signal S D .
- the dimming detector 114 can generate the dimming detection signal S DS by directly detecting operation state of the dimming unit 108 or indication of the dimming signal S D .
- the reference voltage generator 116 is coupled to the dimming detector 114 for generating a reference voltage V REF according to the dimming detection signal S DS .
- a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal of the error amplifier 118 are coupled to the voltage selector and the reference voltage generator respectively for generating an error voltage signal S E according to the feedback voltage V FB and the reference voltage V REF .
- the conversion controller 120 is coupled to an output terminal of the error amplifier 118 and the voltage converter 104 for generating the voltage control signal S C for the voltage converter 104 according to the error voltage signal S E . Therefore, when the feedback voltage V FB is greater than or less than the reference voltage V REF , the error amplifier 118 can generate the error voltage signal S E according to the difference of the feedback voltage V FB and the reference voltage V REF to inform the conversion controller 120 . After that, the conversion controller 120 can generate the voltage control signal S C to control increasing or decreasing of the output driving voltage V D .
- control unit 110 is able to detect whether the dimming process is being performed immediately, and is further able to adjust the reference voltage V REF for the error amplifier 118 dynamically, so that a proper output driving voltage V D is immediately available through feedback tracking.
- the present invention can prevent too much or not enough headroom voltage of the current source during the dimming process, so that the present invention can keep constant current sink for driving the light emitting component, enhance power conversion efficiency, and extend use time of the light emitting component.
- the reference voltage generator 116 is utilized for providing various voltages in accordance with requirements, so the reference voltage generator 116 may generate the required reference voltage V REF by any available method.
- the reference voltage generator 116 includes a reference voltage generating unit 202 and a multiplexer 204 .
- the reference voltage generating unit 202 is coupled to the dimming detector 114 for generating a predetermined reference voltage V REF — P and a dimming reference voltage V REF — D according to the dimming detection signal S DS .
- the multiplexer 204 is coupled to the reference voltage generating unit 202 , the dimming detector 114 , and the error amplifier 118 for selecting the reference voltage V REF from the predetermined reference voltage V REF — P and the dimming reference voltage V REF — D according to the dimming detection signal S DS , and providing the selected reference voltage V REF to the error amplifier 118 .
- the reference voltage generator 116 can also include a reference voltage generating unit 302 , a voltage level translator 304 , and a multiplexer 306 .
- the reference voltage generating unit 302 is utilized for generating a predetermined reference voltage V REF — P .
- the voltage level translator 304 is coupled to the dimming detector 114 and the reference voltage generating unit 302 for translating the predetermined reference voltage V REF — P to the dimming reference voltage V REF — D according to the dimming detection signal S DS .
- the multiplexer 306 is coupled to the reference voltage generating unit 302 , the voltage level translator 304 , the dimming detector 114 , and the error amplifier 118 for selecting the reference voltage V REF from the predetermined reference voltage V REF — P and the dimming reference voltage V REF — D according to the dimming detection signal S DS , and further providing the selected reference voltage V REF to the error amplifier 118 .
- the reference voltage generator 116 can produce a proper dimming reference voltage V REF — D according to the dimming detection signal S DS to compensate for varied voltage values of the output driving voltage during the dimming process.
- amount of the dimming reference voltage V REF — D can be a sum of the amount of amplitude of the predetermined reference voltage V REF — P and the pulse width modulation signal.
- the multiplexer 306 selects the dimming reference voltage V REF — D as the reference voltage V REF , and when the dimming detection signal S DS indicates the dimming process is not performed, the multiplexer 306 selects predetermined reference voltage V REF — P as the reference voltage V REF .
- the voltage selector 112 can select the feedback voltage V FB among the headroom voltages V HR1 to V HRm according to any rule, such as the voltage selector 112 can select the lowest headroom voltage from the headroom voltages V HR1 to V HRm as the feedback voltage V FB .
- the present invention can detect in real-time whether the dimming process is being performed, and further adjust the reference voltage V REF dynamically to control the voltage converter 104 to provide the proper output driving voltage V D .
- the present invention can prevent too much or not enough of the headroom voltage of the current source during the dimming process, so that the present invention can keep constant current sink for driving the light emitting component, enhance power conversion efficiency, and extend the use time of the light emitting component.
- FIG. 4 is a procedure 40 according to an embodiment of the invention. The procedure comprises the following steps:
- Step 400 Start.
- Step 402 Detect dimming state D to generate dimming detection signal S DS .
- Step 404 Generate reference voltage V REF according to dimming detection signal S DS .
- Step 406 Control voltage converter 104 to generate output driving voltage V D to drive the light emitting component 102 according to reference voltage V REF .
- Step 408 End.
- the procedure 40 is utilized for illustrating the implementation of the light source driving device 10 .
- Related variations and the detailed description can be referred from the foregoing description, so as not to be narrated herein.
- the present invention can detect in real-time whether the dimming process is being performed, and further dynamically adjust the reference voltage V REF to control the voltage converter 104 to provide the proper output driving voltage V D .
- the present invention can prevent too much or not enough of the headroom voltage of the current source during the dimming process, so that the present invention can keep constant current sink for driving the light emitting component, enhance power conversion efficiency, and extend the use time of the light emitting component.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a light source driving device and a related method, and more particularly, to a light source driving device capable of keeping constant current sink through dynamically detecting a dimming process and related method.
- 2. Description of the Prior Art
- Light emitting diodes (LEDs) offer advantages of energy savings, long device lifetime, no mercury used, high achievable color gamut, without idle time, and fast response speed, so that LED technology is widely applied in fields of display and illumination. In addition, compared with a conventional light source device, light emitting diodes are suitable for fabrication as a tiny device or an array device, such as in traffic lights, outdoor displays, backlight modules of liquid crystal displays, PDAs, notebooks, or mobile phones with features of small size, shock resistance, ease of mass production, and high applicability.
- Regarding physical properties of LEDs, current passing through an LED increases exponentially with increasing forward bias of the LED, and the brightness of the LED is directly proportional to the current through the LED. As more current passes through the LED, more brightness is available. Thus, in the prior art, an LED driving device usually uses a pulse width modulation (PWM) dimming mechanism to adjust the brightness of the LED. The PWM dimming mechanism takes advantage of a PWM signal to control an average current provided by a current source to the LED. When the PWM signal is at high logical level, the current source is conducted to provide a current for the LED. When the PWM signal is at low logic level, the current source stops providing the current for the LED. Therefore, if the PWM signal stays at the high logic level longer, the LED shines brighter. In other words, the brightness of the LED can be controlled by changing duty cycle of the PWM signal.
- However, while performing the abovementioned PWM dimming process, since the current source and the LED are alternately connected to and disconnected from each other, the output driving voltage for driving the LED may exhibit a high ripple effect. As a result, a headroom voltage of the current source, i.e. available voltage value for the current source on each LED path, will change with the variation of the output driving voltage. In such a condition, the headroom voltage may be too high or too low, and will result in some unwanted effects. For example, if the headroom voltage is too high, the power consumption of the current source will increase, and the power conversion efficiency will be reduced. If the headroom voltage is not high enough, the current source will operate in an improper state, and cannot keep constant current sink, even to the point of not being able to provide the required driving current to the LED, and the LED will not conduct.
- It is therefore an objective of the present invention to provide a light source driving device and a related method.
- The present invention discloses a light source driving device capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink for driving a light emitting component. The light source driving device, the light source driving device includes a voltage converter, a dimming unit, a current source, a control unit. The voltage converter is coupled to the light emitting component for converting an input voltage into an output driving voltage according to a voltage control signal. The dimming unit is coupled to the light emitting component for performing a dimming process according to a dimming signal. The current source is coupled to the dimming unit for providing a driving current to drive the light emitting component. The control unit is coupled to the dimming unit and the voltage converter for detecting a dimming state to generate a dimming detection signal and generating a reference voltage according to the dimming detection signal. The control unit controls the voltage converter to convert the output driving voltage so as to drive the light emitting component.
- The present invention further discloses a method capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink for a light emitting component. The method includes the steps of detecting a dimming state to generate a dimming detection signal, generating a reference voltage according to the dimming detection signal, and controlling a voltage converter to generate an output driving voltage to drive the light emitting component according to the reference voltage.
- These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a light source driving device capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink according to an embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a reference voltage generator according to a first embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a reference voltage generator according to a second embodiment of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a procedure according to an embodiment of the invention. - Please refer to
FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of a lightsource driving device 10 capable of dynamically keeping constant current sink according to an embodiment of the present invention. The lightsource driving device 10 is utilized for driving alight emitting component 102, which includes avoltage converter 104, acurrent source 106, adimming unit 108, and acontrol unit 110. Note that the lightsource driving device 10 can be applied to any kind of light source. In the embodiment of the present invention, thelight emitting component 102 includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (LED) chains C1 to Cm, and this should not be a limitation of the present invention. In other words, thelight emitting component 102 can also have one LED chain only. On the other hand, since the LED is a current driven component, the brightness of the LED is proportional to the driving current. Therefore, each LED chain includes at least one LED in series, such as having n LEDs on each LED chain, and the number of the LEDs included in each LED chain must be the same in order to allow the current through each LED to be identical and result in the same brightness. As shown inFIG. 1 , thevoltage converter 104 is coupled to thelight emitting component 102 for converting an input voltage VIN into an output driving voltage VD according to a voltage control signal SC so as to provide the output driving voltage VD to thelight emitting component 102. Thedimming unit 108 is coupled to thelight emitting component 102 and thecurrent source 106 for performing a dimming process according to a dimming signal SD. Thecurrent source 106 is coupled to thedimming unit 108 for providing driving currents ID1 to IDm for LED chains C1 to Cm to drive thelight emitting component 102. Thecontrol unit 110 is coupled to thedimming unit 108 and thevoltage converter 104 for detecting a dimming state D to generate a dimming detection signal SDS, and for generating a reference voltage VREF according to the dimming detection signal SDS. Moreover, thecontrol unit 102 controls thevoltage converter 104 to generate the output driving voltage VD to drive the light emitting component according to reference voltage VREF. Furthermore, as the dimming detection signal SDS indicates the dimming process is begun, i.e. thelight emitting component 102 has a dimming requirement, thecontrol unit 110 generates the reference voltage VREF at a level higher than a predetermined reference voltage VREF— P. The predetermined reference voltage VREF— P is a predetermined ideal headroom voltage which is set for normal operation. Also, as the dimming detection signal SDS indicates the dimming process is begun, i.e. thelight emitting component 102 does not have a dimming requirement, thecontrol unit 110 generates the reference voltage VREF which is equal to predetermined reference voltage VREF— P. - Preferably, the
dimming unit 108 may be a pulse width modulation dimming unit, and the dimming signal SD is a pulse width modulation signal. Therefore, according to the logic level of the dimming signal SD, thedimming unit 108 can control connection between thelight emitting component 102 and thecurrent source 106 to conduct so as to provide the driving currents ID1 to IDm for thelight emitting component 102 when the dimming signal SD is at a high logic level. In such a condition, thedimming unit 108 can vary the average current of the driving current ID1 to IDm through adjusting duty cycle of the dimming signal SD. In other words, thedimming unit 108 can realize the dimming purpose by arranging duty cycle of the pulse width modulation signal. Otherwise, thedimming unit 108 can control connection between thelight emitting component 102 and thecurrent source 106 to be cut off to stop providing the driving current ID1 to IDm for thelight emitting component 102 when the dimming signal SD is at a low logic level. - Please further refer to
FIG. 1 . Thecontrol unit 110 includes avoltage selector 112, adimming detector 114, areference voltage generator 116, anerror amplifier 118, and aconversion controller 120. Thevoltage selector 112 is coupled to thelight emitting component 102 for selecting a feedback voltage VFB from headroom voltages VHR1 to VHRm corresponding to the plurality of LED chains C1 to Cm. Thedimming detector 114 is coupled to thedimming unit 108 for detecting the dimming state D to generate a dimming detection signal SDS, and the dimming state D indicates whether to perform the dimming process or indication of the dimming signal SD. In other words, thedimming detector 114 can generate the dimming detection signal SDS by directly detecting operation state of thedimming unit 108 or indication of the dimming signal SD. Thereference voltage generator 116 is coupled to thedimming detector 114 for generating a reference voltage VREF according to the dimming detection signal SDS. Moreover, a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal of theerror amplifier 118 are coupled to the voltage selector and the reference voltage generator respectively for generating an error voltage signal SE according to the feedback voltage VFB and the reference voltage VREF. Theconversion controller 120 is coupled to an output terminal of theerror amplifier 118 and thevoltage converter 104 for generating the voltage control signal SC for thevoltage converter 104 according to the error voltage signal SE. Therefore, when the feedback voltage VFB is greater than or less than the reference voltage VREF, theerror amplifier 118 can generate the error voltage signal SE according to the difference of the feedback voltage VFB and the reference voltage VREF to inform theconversion controller 120. After that, theconversion controller 120 can generate the voltage control signal SC to control increasing or decreasing of the output driving voltage VD. In short, thecontrol unit 110 is able to detect whether the dimming process is being performed immediately, and is further able to adjust the reference voltage VREF for theerror amplifier 118 dynamically, so that a proper output driving voltage VD is immediately available through feedback tracking. As a result, the present invention can prevent too much or not enough headroom voltage of the current source during the dimming process, so that the present invention can keep constant current sink for driving the light emitting component, enhance power conversion efficiency, and extend use time of the light emitting component. - On other hand, in the light
source driving device 10, thereference voltage generator 116 is utilized for providing various voltages in accordance with requirements, so thereference voltage generator 116 may generate the required reference voltage VREF by any available method. For example, as shown inFIG. 2 , thereference voltage generator 116 includes a referencevoltage generating unit 202 and amultiplexer 204. The referencevoltage generating unit 202 is coupled to thedimming detector 114 for generating a predetermined reference voltage VREF— P and a dimming reference voltage VREF— D according to the dimming detection signal SDS. Themultiplexer 204 is coupled to the referencevoltage generating unit 202, the dimmingdetector 114, and theerror amplifier 118 for selecting the reference voltage VREF from the predetermined reference voltage VREF— P and the dimming reference voltage VREF— D according to the dimming detection signal SDS, and providing the selected reference voltage VREF to theerror amplifier 118. In addition, as shown inFIG. 3 , thereference voltage generator 116 can also include a referencevoltage generating unit 302, avoltage level translator 304, and amultiplexer 306. The referencevoltage generating unit 302 is utilized for generating a predetermined reference voltage VREF— P. Thevoltage level translator 304 is coupled to thedimming detector 114 and the referencevoltage generating unit 302 for translating the predetermined reference voltage VREF— P to the dimming reference voltage VREF— D according to the dimming detection signal SDS. Themultiplexer 306 is coupled to the referencevoltage generating unit 302, thevoltage level translator 304, the dimmingdetector 114, and theerror amplifier 118 for selecting the reference voltage VREF from the predetermined reference voltage VREF— P and the dimming reference voltage VREF— D according to the dimming detection signal SDS, and further providing the selected reference voltage VREF to theerror amplifier 118. Note that, thereference voltage generator 116 can produce a proper dimming reference voltage VREF— D according to the dimming detection signal SDS to compensate for varied voltage values of the output driving voltage during the dimming process. For example, for thedimming unit 108 using pulse width modulation mechanisms, amount of the dimming reference voltage VREF— D can be a sum of the amount of amplitude of the predetermined reference voltage VREF— P and the pulse width modulation signal. Thus, when the dimming detection signal SDS indicates the dimming process is begun, themultiplexer 306 selects the dimming reference voltage VREF— D as the reference voltage VREF, and when the dimming detection signal SDS indicates the dimming process is not performed, themultiplexer 306 selects predetermined reference voltage VREF— P as the reference voltage VREF. - Note that above mentioned embodiments are exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make alternations and modifications accordingly. For example, the
voltage selector 112 can select the feedback voltage VFB among the headroom voltages VHR1 to VHRm according to any rule, such as thevoltage selector 112 can select the lowest headroom voltage from the headroom voltages VHR1 to VHRm as the feedback voltage VFB. - Therefore, the present invention can detect in real-time whether the dimming process is being performed, and further adjust the reference voltage VREF dynamically to control the
voltage converter 104 to provide the proper output driving voltage VD. As a result, the present invention can prevent too much or not enough of the headroom voltage of the current source during the dimming process, so that the present invention can keep constant current sink for driving the light emitting component, enhance power conversion efficiency, and extend the use time of the light emitting component. - As to the implementation of the light
source driving device 10, please refer toFIG. 4 .FIG. 4 is aprocedure 40 according to an embodiment of the invention. The procedure comprises the following steps: - Step 400: Start.
- Step 402: Detect dimming state D to generate dimming detection signal SDS.
- Step 404: Generate reference voltage VREF according to dimming detection signal SDS.
- Step 406:
Control voltage converter 104 to generate output driving voltage VD to drive thelight emitting component 102 according to reference voltage VREF. - Step 408: End.
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procedure 40 is utilized for illustrating the implementation of the lightsource driving device 10. Related variations and the detailed description can be referred from the foregoing description, so as not to be narrated herein. - In summary, the present invention can detect in real-time whether the dimming process is being performed, and further dynamically adjust the reference voltage VREF to control the
voltage converter 104 to provide the proper output driving voltage VD. As a result, the present invention can prevent too much or not enough of the headroom voltage of the current source during the dimming process, so that the present invention can keep constant current sink for driving the light emitting component, enhance power conversion efficiency, and extend the use time of the light emitting component. - Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention.
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